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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)33. I took the gamble and lost.
On Fri Jan 10, 2014, 02:24 PM you sent an alert on the following post:
Replace pricks with cunts in your OP and see how the discourse progresses. eom
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4309349
REASON FOR ALERT
This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.
YOUR COMMENTS
There is no need for this word (c*nt) here on DU, just as there is no need for the word prick in the title of the thread. I am asking you to judge just this one word in this response (the thread it replies to was left to stand when it shouldn't have). I thank you for please taking the time to really think about this. ~Laura
JURY RESULTS
A randomly-selected Jury of DU members completed their review of this alert at Fri Jan 10, 2014, 02:33 PM, and voted 3-3 to LEAVE IT ALONE.
Juror #1 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: I will vote to hide just because it is out of topic, and therefore inappropriate and disruptive to the conversation at hand.
Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: The post is inappropriate, rude, over the top and deliberately disruptive. It meets the criteria for hiding it.
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: I dislike the word also but believe the poster was using it to contrast the one in the OP. If s/he referred to someone as one, I'd vote to hide it immediately. With this usage, he was just making a point - an interesting one, IMO
Juror #6 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
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certainly they should be hidden regardless of to whom they're applied, no? nt
geek tragedy
Jan 2014
#10
Well, we could make a list, and check it twice, if you'd like. Do you think that would
MADem
Jan 2014
#22
Well, it's not "funny" and it really should be put on the list of banned words and phrases.
MADem
Jan 2014
#72
I really dislike it when people are falsely accused--and that's happening a lot in this thread. nt
MADem
Jan 2014
#97
The irony is thick: Your rights do not extend to telling me what I can be offended by.
BainsBane
Jan 2014
#87
Yes, they do--this is a discussion board, and disagreement is part of discussion.
MADem
Jan 2014
#89
There you go again, making up attitudes and ascribing them to others--your stock in trade.
MADem
Jan 2014
#118
I was one of the people who gave her some of that "feedback." I tried to be constructive, too.
MADem
Jan 2014
#183
Stop trying to play the victim. I pointed out your horrible behavior, and you don't like it.
MADem
Jan 2014
#179
If I am so boring, why are you hyper-posting and replying several times to a single post of mine?
MADem
Jan 2014
#192
You might not realize this, because you don't read what others write very often or very thoroughly,
MADem
Jan 2014
#184
Please indicate which of the slurs in this oh-so-earnest post would NOT result ...
11 Bravo
Jan 2014
#19
In context? A woman was called a whore? A slut? A bitch? And it was allowed to stand?
11 Bravo
Jan 2014
#23
Yes, and to suggest that it does is rather an odd stance--especially in this day and age. nt
MADem
Jan 2014
#37
I do remember being troubled and posting about it. I just don't remember it happening often.
11 Bravo
Jan 2014
#52
In the example you cite, the term is used in isolation. No one is being labeled with the slur.
11 Bravo
Jan 2014
#45
This is why context matters. The word in question wasn't used to insult anybody.
Comrade Grumpy
Jan 2014
#58
Sometimes context matters not at all. That word, alone in any context, should
ScreamingMeemie
Jan 2014
#85
Why is it that the very people that tell others to Trash Thread or put people on Ignore, never do so
RC
Jan 2014
#60
3 DU search links that tell the real story about how these words are used on DU.
Bonobo
Jan 2014
#115